Amusing Netcat Gentoo USE Flag

Somebody obviously has a sense of humor. This USE flag surprises me and makes me chuckle every time I see it.


% sudo emerge -Dva netcat
Password:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[binary N ] net-libs/libnet-1.1.2.1-r1 -doc
[binary N ] net-libs/libpcap-0.9.4 +ipv6
[binary N ] dev-libs/libmix-2.05 -no-net2
[binary N ] net-analyzer/netcat-110-r8 -GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE +crypt +ipv6 -static


Gee…I wonder if that’s one I should avoid setting…